Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2018

Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live.

issued in 2018
2,031
still in force
0
vs 2017
-7%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,367
  • HYDROLANT591
  • NAVAREA IV41
  • NAVAREA XII22
  • HYDROARC10

Where · top seas

South China Sea38628%
North Pacific Ocean27119%
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin19514%
North Atlantic Ocean16112%
South Pacific Ocean755%
South Atlantic Ocean745%
Caribbean Sea624%
Indian Ocean624%
Philippine Sea604%
Coral Sea483%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2018 · 2,031

  1. HYDROLANT 3431/182018-11-05 → 2018-11-09
    Man overboard in 32-40.00S 052-05.95W on 04 nov
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  2. HYDROLANT 3430/182018-11-05 → 2018-11-06
    Man overboard in 20-59.10S 040-24.52W on 02 nov
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  3. HYDROPAC 3984/182018-11-04 → 2018-11-04
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3981/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Great Australian Bight · Australia-south Coast
  4. HYDROPAC 3982/182018-11-03 → 2018-11-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-35.6N 157-02.6E
    Western North Pacific
  5. HYDROPAC 3981/182018-11-03 → 2018-11-04
    11 meter vessel brahminy, white hull, two persons on board, overdue esperance (33-51.7S 121-53.5E) to ceduna…
    Great Australian Bight · Australia-south Coast
  6. HYDROPAC 3978/182018-11-03 → 2018-11-23
    Man overboard from vessel hongli 8 in 15-44N 109-19E at 030516Z nov
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  7. HYDROPAC 3977/182018-11-03 → 2018-11-03
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3976/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Bass Strait · Australia-southeast Coast
  8. HYDROPAC 3976/182018-11-03 → 2018-11-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 14 meter vessel extasea in vicinity 38-56.71S 144-48.23E at 030344Z…
    Bass Strait · Australia-southeast Coast
  9. HYDROPAC 3967/182018-11-02 → 2018-11-02
    F/V, white and blue hull, taking on water in 27-03.23S 179-23.04E
    Western South Pacific
  10. HYDROLANT 3405/182018-11-01 → 2018-11-06
    30 foot S/V marta, white hull, overdue virginia to florida
    Western North Atlantic
  11. HYDROPAC 3954/182018-11-01 → 2018-11-16
    24 foot F/V hoanuu, pink and purple hull, two persons on board, overdue hikueru atoll (17-35S 142-37W) to…
    South Pacific · French Polynesia
  12. HYDROPAC 3953/182018-11-01 → 2018-11-16
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz in: a. 35-22.6N 145-58.6W
    Eastern North Pacific
  13. NAVAREA IV 929/182018-10-31 → 2018-11-03
    Derelict 32 meter M/V dona ramona capsized and adrift in 11-56.9N 068-48.5W
    Caribbean Sea · Curacao
  14. HYDROPAC 3945/182018-10-31 → 2018-10-31
    4.6 meter M/V infidel, one person on board, overdue
    Coral Sea · Australia-east Coast
  15. HYDROLANT 3377/182018-10-30 → 2018-11-02
    M/V mt anuket amber unreported
    Eastern South Atlantic · Gabon
  16. HYDROPAC 3933/182018-10-30 → 2018-11-16
    Man overboard from M/V ogasawara maru in 28-01.9N 141-52.6E at 290919Z oct 18
    Philippine Sea · Japan
  17. NAVAREA XII 463/182018-10-30 → 2018-11-01
    S/V dona eva, blue hull, four person on board, unreported
    Eastern North Pacific · Colombia
  18. HYDROPAC 3929/182018-10-30 → 2018-11-16
    F/V BV4469 ts, 24 persons on board, adrift and flooding in 09-37N 107-23E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  19. HYDROPAC 3921/182018-10-29 → 2018-11-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-09N 141-19E at 290752Z oct
    Western North Pacific
  20. HYDROPAC 3917/182018-10-29 → 2018-11-15
    Man overboard from F/V bt 98179TS in vicinity 08-15.52N 107-54.60E at 281130Z oct
    South China Sea
  21. HYDROPAC 3911/182018-10-28 → 2018-10-31
    Derelict 22 meter F/V capsized and adrift in 24-41.7N 143-14.9E at 280830Z oct
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  22. HYDROPAC 3909/182018-10-28 → 2018-11-16
    Man overboard from F/V in 09-34N 075-53E at 272130Z oct
    Arabian Sea · India
  23. HYDROPAC 3907/182018-10-28 → 2018-10-28
    F/V you-sheng NO.1, eight persons on board, capsized and adrift in 24-41.0N 143-14.8E at 280533Z oct
    Western North Pacific
  24. HYDROPAC 3904/182018-10-28 → 2018-10-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 24-45.9N 143-07.5E at 280143Z oct
    Western North Pacific
  25. HYDROLANT 3354/182018-10-28 → 2018-11-16
    S/V vagabod, white hull, two person on board, unreported bosa (40-17.4N 008-28.5E) to menorca (39-56.9N…
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Sardinia To Balearic Islands
  26. HYDROPAC 3902/182018-10-27 → 2018-10-27
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3860/18 and this msg
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  27. HYDROPAC 3901/182018-10-27 → 2018-10-28
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 07-27.9N 090-52.4W
    Eastern North Pacific
  28. HYDROPAC 3898/182018-10-27 → 2018-10-29
    Vessel, nine persons on board, overdue kavieng (02-34.5S 150-47.5E) at 232100Z oct to emirau island…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  29. NAVAREA XII 457/182018-10-26 → 2018-11-09
    14 meter S/V mariah, white hull, three persons on board, overdue
    Golfo de California · Mexico
  30. HYDROPAC 3884/182018-10-26 → 2018-11-09
    Man overboard from M/V NO.28 taiko maru in vicinity 54-58N 149-00E at 261150Z oct
    Sea of Okhotsk
  31. HYDROPAC 3883/182018-10-26 → 2018-10-26
    M/V androwa chirp, white hull, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 04-22.72S 146-05.19E
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  32. HYDROPAC 3878/182018-10-26 → 2018-10-26
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3869/18 and this msg, vessels located safe
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  33. HYDROPAC 3874/182018-10-25 → 2018-10-25
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3873/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  34. HYDROPAC 3873/182018-10-25 → 2018-10-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter vessel mclay fortress in vicinity 16-05S 145-29E at…
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  35. HYDROPAC 3872/182018-10-25 → 2018-11-09
    Man overboard from vessel marfa in 22-33S 143-59W at 251100Z oct
    South Pacific
  36. HYDROPAC 3869/182018-10-25 → 2018-10-26
    Two 6.5 meter vessels, white hull with yellow stripe, six persons on board, overdue bagabag island…
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  37. HYDROPAC 3868/182018-10-25 → 2018-11-09
    Distress signal received in 09-45N 111-14E at 250147Z oct
    South China Sea
  38. HYDROPAC 3860/182018-10-24 → 2018-10-27
    Seven meter vessel, six persons on board, disabled and adrift between sudest island (11-30S 153-30E) and…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  39. HYDROPAC 3858/182018-10-24 → 2018-10-24
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3697/18 and this msg, search suspended
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  40. HYDROPAC 3856/182018-10-24 → 2018-10-24
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3742/18 and this msg, search suspended
    South China Sea
  41. NAVAREA IV 894/182018-10-23 → 2018-11-09
    Colombia to panama
    Caribbean Sea
  42. HYDROPAC 3850/182018-10-23 → 2018-10-27
    M/V cahaya bahari jaya, eight persons on board, unreported
    Bali Sea · Indonesia
  43. HYDROPAC 3848/182018-10-23 → 2018-10-23
    Vessel km cahaya bahari jaya, eight persons on board, unreported
    Java Sea · Bali Sea · Indonesia
  44. HYDROPAC 3847/182018-10-23 → 2018-10-26
    Derelict seven meter vessel, white hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 28-33.2S 153-46.1E at 230420Z oct
    Coral Sea · Australia-east Coast
  45. HYDROLANT 3316/182018-10-23 → 2018-11-21
    Search and rescue operations in progress until further notice by M/V seabed constructor in area bound by…
    Western South Atlantic
  46. HYDROPAC 3846/182018-10-23 → 2018-10-23
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3845/18 and this msg, persons rescued
    South China Sea
  47. HYDROPAC 3845/182018-10-23 → 2018-10-23
    F/V py 96279 ts, three persons on board, disabled and taking on water in 10-09N 114-38E at 222100Z oct
    South China Sea
  48. HYDROPAC 3844/182018-10-22 → 2018-11-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-25.5N 131-15.9E
    Philippine Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 3843/182018-10-22 → 2018-11-09
    6.2M M/V st arnaud, white hull, one person aboard, overdue la reunion (21-06.9S 055-31.2E) to sainte marie…
    Western Indian Ocean · La Reunion To Madagascar
  50. HYDROPAC 3835/182018-10-22 → 2018-11-09
    F/V ky XA02665, one person on board, adrift in vicinity 21-23.86N 107-59.73E at 050700Z sep
    Gulf of Tokin · Vietnam

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